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Am i reading it correctly that the author implies that the end justifies the means (in this case stallmans behaviour) because without it we would not have what we have today. Unless you have a time machine that is just speculation.

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No. The author says that there are no "means" to speak of, there is perhaps a communication issue Stallman has. The author argues that such issues should be tolerated to a reasonable degree, otherwise the society as a whole may end up poorer. I make no claim about the truthfulness of that, but that's what the author says.

There was nothing really wrong in Stallman's behavior apart from being "odd", apparently odd enough to make people uncomfortable.

"The end justifies the means" makes it sound like he was a Nazi soldier.

Tell me what you mean by "the means".

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